Delisa
Feminine
Delisa is an Italian surname and an American coinage at once. In Italy, De Lisa is a family name of the ordinary kind, marking descent from someone called Lisa; in America the same letters were assembled independently out of a productive front syllable and a familiar name.
How old is the name Delisa?
Delisa first appears in US birth records in 1951 — 74 years ago. The typical Delisa alive today was born around 1972, making them about 53 years old. About 3,000 people named Delisa are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Delisa most popular?
Delisa peaked in 1965, reaching #825 nationally. See the whole 1965 chart.
Where it comes from
From Lisa to Delisa
The story of Delisa
Italian surnames beginning with De are matronymic or patronymic — De Lisa, De Marco, De Angelis — and they say the family descends from a person of that name, which makes De Lisa unusual in tracing to a woman. That surname arrived in America with Italian migration. Separately, and later, American naming developed a set of detachable front syllables and began fitting them to whatever was to hand, producing Delisa, Delisha and Delissa alongside Lisa's own enormous run. Closing the space between the two parts changes where the stress falls: the surname puts weight on Lisa alone, and the given name spreads it across three syllables.
Meaningnot established
Not established
As an Italian surname it means of Lisa, which is to say descended from a woman of that name. As an American given name it means nothing, because the front syllable carries no sense when it is not attached to a real word.
How the name formed
- Lisa
- Delisa
Related forms: De Lisa
Pronouncing Delisa
duh-LEE-suh
Three syllables with the weight in the middle. Italian gives the surname a fuller first vowel, deh-LEE-zah, and voices the s.
Nicknames for Delisa
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1951
- Most girls named
- 1965145 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #825reached in 1965
- Change vs 2019
- 0.0%5 in 2021, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Delisa in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- De Lisa in Italian — related form
Delisas among us
people named Delisa are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Delisa sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Every sound in it is easy in English and the spelling follows the sound.
- Lisa and Dee are ready short forms, each a standing name.
- The stress in the middle gives it a lift most English names of its length do not have.
- Delisa, Delissa and Delisha are near neighbors and are confused constantly.
- There is no meaning to pass on unless the family line is genuinely Italian.
- It reads as a name of the second half of the twentieth century.
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Frequently asked
- How many Delisas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 3,000 people named Delisa are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Delisa in 2025?
- Delisa is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Delisa with classmates?
- Delisa will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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